May 28, 2013
The details behind Georgia Tech's new deal with Udacity: big dollars and new types of instructional aides -- including some who work for the outside company.

Booklets

"The MOOC Moment" is a collection of articles -- in print-on-demand format -- about massive open online courses, or MOOCs. The articles aren't today's breaking news, but reflect long-term trends and some of the forward-looking thinking of experts on how MOOCs may change higher education. The goal is to provide these materials (both news articles and opinion essays) in one easy-to-read place. Download the booklet here.

Blogs

Library Babel Fish
June 17, 2013 - 8:56pm

All libraries face a certain amount of conflict over weeding. But weeding is just one aspect of a broader struggle over books.  

Technology and Learning
June 17, 2013 - 9:00pm

A study of our field.

Technology and Learning
June 16, 2013 - 9:00pm

What about the questions we can't answer?

Archive

June 16, 2011
Technology, encouraging mass production and homogeneity, could appear a natural enemy to those who still celebrate regional idiosyncrasies. And the online bookstore, ideal for marketing e-books to a global audience, might seem to portend short shrift for regionally themed books that are more suited to a smaller, more local market.
June 14, 2011
New study points to weaknesses in funding agencies' efforts to gauge "sustainability" of digital-resource projects.
June 9, 2011
When Cal State Bakersfield put developmental math online and minimized the role of faculty, the program bombed. Changes have restored performance, but not faculty jobs.
June 8, 2011
Publishers look to help students who use mainstream search engines for research to find more reliable academic content on the open Web.
June 6, 2011
At university press meeting, some see advantage to having their works copied without permission.

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